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- Welcome to Entity Framework Basics 2:37
- What is Entity Framework? 4:19
- Entity Framework Review 5 questions
- Workflows: Database First 6:19
- Workflows: Model First 5:50
- Adding Our First Entity Using the Code First Workflow 6:02
- Adding an Entity 2 objectives
- Adding Our Context 3:03
- Adding a Context 2 objectives
- Using the Context 5:03
- Section Review 10 questions

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Let's start with a look at how databases help us create applications that are not only easier to develop, but more powerful and useful to our users. We'll also review what you'll learn in this course.
Prerequisites
To get the most from this course, you should feel comfortable with C# and Visual Studio. For more information about those topics, check out these Treehouse courses and workshops:
While it's not absolutely required, you'll also find it helpful to know something about relational databases and the SQL language. Check out this Treehouse course:
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This course will work with a data model that is borrowed from the project that is developed as part of the ASP.NET MVC Basics course. For more information see:
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